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Hyndburn

England · North West — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

412
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
401
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
11
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Hyndburn ranks #79 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 50.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 82,233 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

463030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 46330 Sep 2023 — 42531 Dec 2023 — 40831 Mar 2024 — 44030 Jun 2024 — 42330 Sep 2024 — 39431 Dec 2024 — 39331 Mar 2025 — 39230 Jun 2025 — 43530 Sep 2025 — 44131 Dec 2025 — 41531 Mar 2026 — 412
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Hyndburn, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 11% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

82,233
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
9%
born outside the UK (7,361)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,559)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Hyndburn has received 86 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 5 of them in the last four published quarters.

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Ranked nearby

Support counts are a point-in-time snapshot by registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. Census figures are from March 2021 and predate arrivals since. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

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